Kowloon Group of Reservoirs

Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
九龍水塘 (Chinese)
	Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
Location	Kam Shan Country Park, Kowloon
Type	Reservoirs
Primary inflows	Rainfall
Basin countries	Hong Kong
Designation	Monuments of Hong Kong
Built	Kowloon Reservoir: 1910; Kowloon Byewash Reservoir: 1931; Kowloon Reception Reservoir: 1926;
Water volume	Kowloon Reservoir: 1,578,000 m3 (55,700,000 cu ft); Kowloon Byewash Reservoir: 800,000 m3 (28,000,000 cu ft); Kowloon Reception Reservoir: 121,000 m3 (4,300,000 cu ft);
Surface elevation	210–280 m (690–920 ft)
Location
	Interactive map of Kowloon Group of Reservoirs

The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs is located in the Kam Shan Country Park, north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. They include:

Kowloon Reservoir 22°21′14″N 114°09′12″E / 22.35381°N 114.15323°E / 22.35381; 114.15323
Kowloon Byewash Reservoir 22°21′02″N 114°09′05″E / 22.350614°N 114.151264°E / 22.350614; 114.151264
Kowloon Reception Reservoir (Eption Reservoir)22°21′03″N 114°08′44″E / 22.350886°N 114.145474°E / 22.350886; 114.145474

Also located in the Kam Shan Country Park is the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir. Taken together the capacity of the reservoirs is 2.9 million cubic metres (770,000,000 US gal)